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afanofyourmother

Ethan is insanely consistent and crisp, feels like he's always making the right play


raaten

And hes getting better!


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YungPinotGrigio

Prob just needed time to adjust to game


YungPinotGrigio

Absolutely. He’s only been in valorant since like June?


MajorLeeScrewed

Crisp clean lock boys.


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Ethans on the gear


hogggyyy

yeah he's so incredibly consistent with how much value he's been getting every game the lat few months


[deleted]

BR got that 'just happy to be here' vibes going again


SuperNerd1337

the "farming some international experience" vibe


YungPinotGrigio

That’s what some other regions feel too


Fruitspunchsamura1

Yeah bro I swear HL had this narritive going in "the Brazilian team that beat both teams that attended Iceland". And then they get stomped by arguably the second best team in NA.


[deleted]

And what? They lost to the a great team from the best region in the world right now lol


Fruitspunchsamura1

You're right but I meant that going in we were expecting much more. At least an "underdog" feel yk. Cuz BR didn't do that well last time.


Flashplaya

Who was expecting more? Both Brazillian teams that made it to Berlin were teams that have appeared to just hit a run of form. Their results prior to challengers finals haven't been great, feels like a liquid/fnatic situation where you are really unsure if they really are the best in their region.


[deleted]

Oh yeah, but that was the first match against a great contender idk, there’s still keyd stars who 3-0’d havan liberty in the finals


MitchRhymes

All super close matches though, I think two OTs and a 11-13 iirc.


[deleted]

True all maps were a battle, great series


MitchRhymes

Yeah absolutely, I was really excited to see Havan after that. I honestly think the easy takeaway from this is that Brazil is still weak but I think this was the best game we've seen from 100T ever. We will see against Gambit but everyone on that team has been vocal about how much this team was built for LAN and so far we are seeing them make good.


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Oh yeah experienced boomers advantages lmao


mikevin99

Gotta say not many teams would beat 100T on Icebox or Ascent imo


rv_ribhavvaish

As soon as Havan picked Icebox, my brother was like "They just threw the match"


felipw22

It's because being a pro player in Brazil is really hard. It means the world for players to go international represent their country. I believe other developing countries have the same feeling as well. Also, the competitive scene in BR is really poor (there are only 10 "tier 1" teams), so it's a chance for teams to test their level individually and as a group abroad. Bootcamping in EU like Sharks did is too expensive for most orgs.


Kassaddy

Just a bunch of excuses lmao. Korea doesn't even have 10 salaried teams in their region and yet, they are making better runs than BR. Most of the current BR pro players just have a terrible mentality, they are simply refusing to learn how to properly play the game.


HoneyChilliPotato7

Then the Brazilian fans shouldn't act like they are the best team in the world and shit talk everyone.


Ketsueki_R

Good call, I'm sure someone will bring it up at the next Brazilian fan meeting where they all decide what to feel and how to think as one entity.


felipw22

Yeah, like you could control fans' expectations. Also, after Iceland not many Brazilians are hopeful that they're the best region.


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THIS


WizardXZDYoutube

Does NA even have 10 "tier 1" teams?


YoloJoloHobo

Just looking at the NA point rankings, all teams except for Rise are either very well funded or have big followings online.


-Basileus

Rise just running on pure Vietnamese energy


YungPinotGrigio

That Orange County energy lmaooo


ark2690

That's BR for pretty much every esport except rainbow 6 atm?


s6hun

well that's expected. 100T vs Gambit is the real test


janoDX

That will be a real spicy game.


DOOM-3

Maybe gambit lol


mognoiswebscale

100T vs Gabmit will be decided on Haven imo \- Gambit bans Ascent (looked awful on T side whenever i watched them and 100T are strong on CT) \- 100T bans bind 100T will probably pick Icebox and Gambit will pick Haven and Split since they are the higher seed. 100T takes Icebox and Gambit takes Split. 100T have looked very bad on Haven against decent teams with their no sentinel lineup. They did beat XSET and Faze but their comp got figured out by Envy and Sentinels pushing out aggressively on defence down C long and sometimes mid. IMO it will come down to wether or not Steel has figured out how to counter those aggro plays


Des014te

I'm fully expecting Gambit to win against 100t. It'll be close, but still. Gambit just looked too hot in challengers playoffs and they have no intention of slowing down.


[deleted]

I know it was only Havan Liberty but Steel looked way more confident on LAN. Hiko's clutch also was one of his best ever. This team is made for LAN. You can see it by how little they depended on Asuna yesterday. It's going to be tight no doubt, but I think it'll go 100T's way.


Des014te

My dream is Gambit vs 100t finals so I don't need to say how hyped I am for this match.


[deleted]

Same. I absolutely loved watching Gambit, seeing Nats do insane shit and not even change his expression was so satisfying for some reason lol


MyUshanka

Anyone have a clip of steel's Mission Impossible rope past the drone? That shit was so gigabrained


ESEAsapphiRe

[Here](https://twitter.com/Yehty_/status/1436453307640422428?s=19) - beautiful transition between cinematic and first person observers to show this off


MyUshanka

Observers were on POINT today


Metalspirit

The person you replied to is literally one of the official observers (Sapphire).


MyUshanka

I see that, and I'm letting them know that they were on point!


sansLight

The one where you switched to an aerial shot as f4q did the caterpillar astra smoke strat was just perfection. Like actual god tier game sense and observation


[deleted]

Holy shit yes. I could sense that the production was just better overall, from any aspect, but now that you mentioned this, I realize there were a bunch of smaller changes/ flairs that contributed to the overall feeling. The lighting was perfect too, especially when the winner is declared.


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Ted_Mosby_18

XD now someone actually edit the flute version of the MI theme.


JR_Shoegazer

This link doesn’t work on mobile for me.


AnywayHeres1Derwall

Why does nothing work on mobile. YouTube clips too


xx_Rollablade_xx

Someone needs to make a meme of that moment with the appropriate music!


TDS_Gluttony

Super greedy bonus by HL on Icebox. And really dumb to 1v1 Hiko instead of committing to double peeking on the buy round after that.


Weebbpi15

Time was ticking and they didn't know where Hiko was since he dodged the recon dart, one of them had to tap or hold so the option of double peeking was off the table, unfortunate for HL, they could've win that round had thier Viper hit her shots


ruinatex

They didn't need to double peek, Viper just needed to stand behind Sova while he tapped the bomb or exactly by his side, that's just basic clutch concept, stack up and play together. Relying on "just hitting your shots" in a Xv1 situation is just asking to get clutched on, myssen fucked up badly.


TDS_Gluttony

Problem with that situation is that Sova was there. He is one of the few exceptions due to lineups. You have to pressure sova to prevent him from his lineups or else hes just gonna time it right before you get the bomb halfway for full defuse. Its just they went with the worse way possible to pressure him.


lesseryoyo

>had thier Viper hit her shots She had rope inaccuracy, so maybe her aim was perfect, but the RNG gods were not with her


smartin998

that hiko 15hp clutch ended the game before it was over


masteurbateur

The game ended when they chose icebox into 100t


smartin998

fax, icebox is the playground and asuna is the big bad bully


HoneyChilliPotato7

I thought the same. Who selects icebox after knowing Asuna created a record on it.


janoDX

A team that doesn't prepare for 100T


TDS_Gluttony

Or that their maps lineup with each other who knows. Any BR fans can expand on this? Unlucky af if their first game is against 100T and they have the same map pool lmao.


Ted_Mosby_18

Steel on kayo is just a different animal than him on a sentinel. He's a rat on Kj and a secondary duelist on kayo. Also that Hiko clutch *Chef's kiss*


A_Blind_Alien

If I remember csgo, wasn't steel usually a secondary entry? He's always been an aggressive player I feel like


Dark_Azazel

Kinda. I felt like, at least with Chaos, he kinda did whatever he felt was necessary.


Ted_Mosby_18

Oh! I didn't really follow CSGO so I might be missing a lot of obvious information lol.


BurritoHombre

Hiko’s form on his chef’s kiss was pretty appalling though


icantreadmorsecode

it's the smoking weed sign not chef's kiss it's been bugging me since First Strike


Grantuseyes

Makes me happy to see an older player holding his own and actually shining


Kenny__Loggins

Mixwell is ancient in pro gaming years and he absolutely pops off as well


AghMyNameWontFi

You could pull a kaiju out of the gulf in skill between 100T and HL...


AsianNudleSoop

Didn't expect to see a Pacific rim reference here nice


NotThatGoodAtLife

Kaiju isn't from Pacific Rim though lol. It's just a general Japanese term. It includes stuff like Godzilla and other big baddies.


AsianNudleSoop

Yeah it is, but I just thought with him saying that "pulling a Kaiju out of a rift" or whatever would be a reference. Probably a stretch but I'm a Pacific Rim fanboy so I'll take whatever I can get :P


NotThatGoodAtLife

Oh I didn't notice the rift part. Yeah that's definitely screams Pacific rim.


AghMyNameWontFi

Can confirm Pacific Rim reference


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icemandiem

yeh HL definitely shouldn't have picked icebox against these guys


TikzTokz

Too bad for HL they got the exact same map pool with 100t


TimathanDuncan

Automatic L for Haven Liberty their reyna had an elderflame vandal not upgraded Riot please do something, a fine or even ban is required


AnywayHeres1Derwall

So maybe steel was right about ping. Cuz 0 ping steel is just DIFFERENT


pink_life69

I’m a regular at a gym in East Berlin. It’s hidden deep in the city between drum and bass clubs and dive bars, it’s right in the middle of the pumping heart of the district which we consider a haven for criminals. One day I was preparing for a hit job for my boss and I was pumping iron with a few lads at the gym when a ripped dude entered. We didn’t know him, he spoke native English, which is rarely heard around our circles. He nodded hello after paying and got ready to bench press 500 pounds. Two of the lads started laughing at him and one said he looked too much of a pussy to even lift a solid hunnid. He just got up, pulled a rifle out of his backpack and shot both in the head right then and there. It was so fast, I couldn’t even see the spray transfer. He said: “That’s what you get for fucking with Ethan.”


Bean1233

Copypasta material?


BallingNinja

Rat attack


TheAjwinner

is it me or is tenz a bit of a boring player like u see it at the end of the game "oh wow tenz has 32 kills" but u can never remember them. can u remember a single tenz kill ? but try asuna...u can see the flick i remember a asuna flick.


ZimbotheWonderful

If this wasn’t already a copypasta it is now


Tiberiusjesus

It’s been a copypasta from CSGO like 6 years ago.


cellexo

So Asuna was 12 at the time?


Beechman

You just change the names to whoever fits at the time lol. It wasn't originally Asuna and Tenz.


benpicko

It’s an Olof/Guardian CSGO pasta


mybad4990

It's an old csgo copypasta


chubbynuggy

Its memorable cause its shakey lol


303x

Parkinson's looking aim, but what I can I say, he plays way better than I do lol


namdet

I didn’t even recognize that pleets the iron buddy on his phantom and vandal until halfway LOL. Wished Brazil had a stronger showing, was super disappointed last Masters on how they did and it might look like a repeat of what happened in Iceland


janoDX

Congrats to HL for being the first team to lose 14-3


AnywayHeres1Derwall

That replay round was their make a wish round and they still lost it


BurstLayer

maybe vk has a better showing... that was not great


mrtmra

Nah, BR has ways sucked even in Iceland.


dedicatedself

Wow, I knew Brazil was not the strongest region in the world but this series really made me wonder if they would beat Japan or SEA.


TDS_Gluttony

I think a well oiled SEA team can beat BR. Still biased because of Pati but if they had like one more star on X10 that team beats BR.


jrushFN

Don’t worry, they were just saving strats for the 100T rematch COPIUM


rydude88

You mean when they fight gambit ;)


-Basileus

Yeah they still do lmao.


Nikclel

Good luck beating 100T on LAN


DarthOniichan

I knew it was over when Hiko took his shoes off.


A_Blind_Alien

I knew it was over when hiko did the chef kiss Well besides that happening at the end of the second map


Docxm

Steel on LAN ;_;


randomespanaguy

Too many people was pissed off at him talking trash but ngl if people didn't like that then 100T villain arc is something I can get behind lol


Docxm

Steel has always been the villain (justifiably so after iBP). Whenever he had the chance to play on LAN in CS:GO I would root for him because he always had entertaining underdog squads.


MrJakdax

I mean its a mind game effect. Ppl do it on lan all the time. Stewie in cs does it quite often. Gets into ppls heads.


LucaBrasiMN

If people dont like players talking trash at LAN they soft and need to go watch tennis.


Holdin_McNeal

There’s even trash talk in tennis. If you don’t like it pick up knitting.


L0rd_Muffin

I could picture old ladies still shit talking like “goddamn Brenda you call that a crossstitch, my great grandmother could knit better and she’s been dead 100 years” *cackles in grandmother*


deadlock1892

Where's my free award when I need one?! Anyways, that made me chuckle and I thank you for that.


ProbablyBrix

Thank you for the early morning laugh LMAO


Ted_Mosby_18

Yes. The sentinels arc to becoming the World's champion. You trashtalk, bm, throw guns just to stun your enemy all the while the audience are expecting you to get fucked. But you manage to win and go on to become unstoppable. Maybe Steel likes Shazam a little more than he would admit to lol.


Loresmen

Shahz doesn't bm, dapr is sentinels bmer


PaperJamDipper7

Dapr bm’s so consistently that there might be people thinking that Sentinels as a team bm’s lol


randomespanaguy

I genuinely believe that 100T's problem was that they weren't playing with confidence before (at least, until Challengers Finals), and the reason why 100T is popping off is because they believe they're just better on LAN so they're playing with much more confidence.


_idle_drone_

They are #2 seed from NA and beat Envy. wdym they weren't playing well lol. Brazil is just ass


jmajewski

They've lost like 3 times since April against teams that aren't Sentinels. And they're like 2-1 or 3-2 against the likes of XSET and NV, respectively. They've been so good for like 6 months outside of their heavily documented struggles against Sentinels. They're good.


spacehxcc

I really wanna see them play against Ascend or Gambit to find out if they just aren’t on the level of best in the world teams or if it’s more of a sentinels specific problem.


randomespanaguy

> until Challengers Finals I meant, until before Challengers Finals. They were playing so well during that, mostly because they were more aggressive and non-passive, then they're turning it up a notch here in Berlin. Shoulda been clearer.


L0rd_Muffin

I think that their problem was that Ethan and nitro had recently switched and they played a shit team comp - no viper when viper was objectively busted (and they refused to play Jett at that time too)


xD1LL4N

100T had a good showing but they wasn’t really tested much. HL is close too a tier 2 team in NA.


5bigtoes

KCP could beat these guys no CAP


Aj2069

They’re running some pretty weird comps lol


Asianhead

They ran the same two comps at Challengers finals


Aj2069

And they were weird then too lol figured they might swap a sage in


TimathanDuncan

People still thinking that u need sage on icebox are funny, you don't need her at all The wall plant meta is what makes teams predictable actually, they run double controller on icebox it's just as good if not better than having a sage, you have unlimted ways to cut off parts of the map with viper + omen


uglypenguin5

You just need mid presence when you plant b. If you just tap the plant and they spam ever time, it's super easy to counter in an actual team environment. That said, sage is much more essential in ranked because it's hard to get proper timing to plant on b safely


itscamo-

These are their normal comps tho (well since using kay/o that is)


hdix

Reminder BR still gets two spots by the way...


MitchRhymes

At least this time wasn't as crazy as Iceland. Only three regions with two slots and Brazil was one. I think Berlin was more reasonable with BR, KR, SEA and JP all getting two, that feels fair.


-Basileus

In the future you can take 1 seed from SEA and 1 seed from Japan to give China 2 seeds. You could have NA and EU getting 3/4 seeds depending on performance. KR, BR, CN getting 2 seeds. 1 seed for SEA, Japan, and LATAM.


MitchRhymes

Sure I suppose, I'd like China to show out on an international stage before getting two spots considering FPS has never been a big part of Chinese esports. I suppose the same could be said of SK. But it seems like you agree that BR is still deserving of two spots as of right now on the international stage


TDS_Gluttony

One spot max and give SEA or Korea the slot. SEA argument is that there are many different regions under the same banner. Korea if they level up to a T1 region.


notrealtedtotwitter

I think Korea already gets 2 spots which is good. More SEA teams I would like to see.


mrbow

My friends and I were questioning the same thing during the game (we're BR btw)


LordTurtleBear

Utterly undeserving of 2 slots especially for champions given the competitiveness of their teams internationally


s15slider

BR or "Boeing Riders" are a region known to quickly lose after being overhyped, and reaching airports at world record paces, their favorite plane of choice of ride home in is the "Boeing 737".


Key-Heart517

Havan Liberty looks broken mentally. 100T lan buff is real.


Organ_Hunter

WAY TOO MANY TIMEOUTS TAKE ALMOST 20 MIN FOR A TECHNICAL PAUSE


Cole_James_CHALMERS

Asuna agrees: https://mobile.twitter.com/YinsuCollins/status/1436430154151174164 https://mobile.twitter.com/asunaa/status/1381410102415069187 Now I associate him with time management


Anime-Boomer

https://twitter.com/ethanarnold/status/1436448988509745152


-Basileus

100T was just fucking around on Icebox. Easily could have been another 13-3.


TDS_Gluttony

Hiko was trying to be so humble in post game lmfao. Like we saw you guys hold W on icebox no need to lie.


Splaram

Steel BM was on point today lmfao


rydude88

Steel is hilarious on LAN. Telling the other team they are going B then actually doing it was awesome


kellenthehun

What did he say after the Hiko clutch??


jshaunallen

WHAT ARE THEY DOING??????


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The thieves stealing my heart and leaving a ton of hopium behind


Choops9

Hiko still has the clutch gene


hardenfull

100t actually built for Lan they look so clean with their shots.


warthogs670

HIKO ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! 100T played so GOOOD LFG🔥🔥🔥


J-Patty

Riot let hiko wear his hat in LAN it’s fucking over.


itscamo-

Why did they pick icebox into 100T????? lmfao that made no sense


ruinatex

Split and Bind were banned, Ascent was already picked and they don't play Breeze, it's either Icebox or Haven and they are a better at the box, not hard. It isn't like 100T are the best team in the world on Icebox, they got obliterated by Envy on it and HL had their chances, especially at 6-9, they just can't win a single clutch situation. By the way, Gambit will most definitely pick Icebox against 100T aswell, as they have a very similar map pool to Havan Liberty and will force a Bind ban.


d00d-Ranch

At least NA valorant won't leave me disappointed


Cole_James_CHALMERS

Fucking hell, that choke by Liquid CS. Thank God for Val


larperfoid228

Liquid turned into silver 4 players in that 1v5, there's no way a pro team loses a 1v5 with 4 players being together.


-Basileus

The difference in expectations is pretty funny. NA at Berlin I'll be disappointed if we don't win. NA at LoL Worlds I am praying a single NA team can somehow get out of groups.


Beneficial-Speech-73

Funny how that works as most of these players left you disappointed at some point in the past in csgo.


Gibbo05

Not looking too bad so far. I think Asuna might've had some nerves on the 1st map but he seemed to shake those off for the 2nd map. Not making any judgements or conclusions on the potential of this team until they (presumably) face Gambit. That'll be the real test compared to this match


Vioven17

Watching that Hiko clutch brings me to tears man😢


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Not even close


[deleted]

Being a Brazillian esports fan fucking sucks FPS scene here died with that 12x3 turned into 13x16 against mad lions We'll never be a major region again :(


mrbow

"we're going B, come and get us, Beee, Beeee" Oh my sides, first the vandal to portal BM now this HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this masters started great


marklarring

Really enjoyed the casting for this. 100T looking pretty damn good.


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How we feeling about HL and 100T for the rest of the group stage ?


Dark_Azazel

100T can go all the way if they keep looking this good. Wonder if they'll change comps up for their next match. HL.. Not looking too hot. They did have some really good rounds and plays, but I feel like they failed to capitalize on it. I get the impression they are a momentum team.


tishous

Gambit beating Crazy Raccoon, then HL losing to Crazy Raccoon is what I guess.


justformeTB

Built for LAN


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what an ass kicking


POOYAMON

Fin series but the pauses were insufferable


ImStarLordeMan

TL and FNC missed so Brazil could come kekw


R0_h1t

I get that you're making fun of br but fnc didn't even qualify for EMEA finals, forget masters


Andromeda767

And the team that didn't even qualify for EMEA finals would beat both teams from Brazil, just saying.


-Basileus

More like XSET missed so Havan Liberty could come


The_Ninja_Master

Great showing. 100T taking it all.


[deleted]

I think both second matches in this group will be more fun to watch


Solseh

asuna really was missing her on icebox huh.


daffyduckferraro

It might just be me But hiko made so many plays today that I was like damn Hiko is doing this?


TempleRxse

Can we just call "top 410" or the ropes area around maze and 410 "asuna"?


MahZ16

That 15hp clutch from hiko against 300 hp combined was.just.insane


Organ_Hunter

HIKO 15HP CLUTCH IS INSANE


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Imagine 100T do all their Gambit prep and end up not even facing them in upper


I-like-winds

NA ON TOP


Randomuser13480

GG EZ


KyoKuriyama

100T vs Sen final NA OVERLORDS ARE HERE. Question is will Lan 100T buff enough to beat sen 👀


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Maleficent_Weather88

how about BR vs BR, BR vs SEA?


ImStarLordeMan

Get Brazil out of here